The 82-year-old bench grandfather is obliged to paint the street stools and chairs every day

China Paint Network
: simple yellow backpack, white short-sleeved T-shirt ... Every morning, you will see such a white-haired old man on the streets of Nanchuan District. Where is he going? The answer is a half-stream a kilometre away - from February to the present, as long as it doesn't rain, the old man will show up by the river to do his work.
, the bench grandfather, repainted the severe street benches
it turned out that he was obliged to paint the seats by the Half Creek River in Nanchuan District. The old man's name is Tan Ronghua, who turned 82 in August this year.
, reporters met Tan Ronghua on the banks of the Half Creek River in Nanchuan District. Every day, Tan Ronghua walks half an hour from his home in Shanghai to half a stream. The serious de-painting of leisure benches near Qingqiao Garden is the focus of Tan Ronghua's attention.
" painting tables and chairs is a technical job. Speaking of his "work", Grandpa Tan seemed very spiritual: first of all, a small can of
paint
, a wooden brush, a bottle of kerosene, a pair of gloves, a rag, a box of chalk and a few pieces of sandpaper, these are he walked through the nearby shop, it took a lot of effort to prepare.
" paint to be uniform, to maximize the protection of paint penetration. Grandpa Tan said, paint can not be smeared indiscriminately, first of all with sandpaper to the bench carefully polished, wipe off dust before painting. When painting, use a small wooden brush to evenly dot the chair, and then the brush spins slowly away.
, who had some white benches, put on his new red coat with his help. Brush once is not good, need to brush a few more times, in order to maximize the protection of paint penetration, to protect the purpose of the seat.
, Grandpa Tan did not forget to squat down, with chalk in front of the bench to write "the paint is not dry, do not sit down." Until then, the whole work is done, usually in about 30 minutes.
as long as it doesn't rain, Grandpa Tan can paint up to four benches every morning. He is quite experienced with the amount of paint used: no back benches, a bucket of paint can brush eight;
the sun, the newly dressed benches and the riverside willows became a beautiful scenery in early summer. Grandpa Tan roughly calculated that from February to now, he painted dozens of seats.
" old Tan, the original paint here is you ah? "An old man passed by and shouted at Grandpa Tan. Chongqing Evening News reporter on the previous question, the old man's name is Jiang Taixuan, 70 years old, before retirement and Grandpa Tan with the local candy factory work.
"old Tan people are good, before also obliged to shovel grass on the pot hill, shovel for several years. Jiang said. Tan Shi, who rides a motorcycle, said: "This old life is very good, has done a lot of good things before." Grandpa
said that he lived in the Shanghai city district, every day to the half-stream river exercise, saw the bench some paint, thought of himself to paint the chair. Because he had been injured while shoveling grass on the flowerpot mountain before, this time he dared not tell his family, quietly put the tool into the small yellow bag, every day at dawn to go out.
later, the matter of painting the chair was found by his old companion's former unit, because sitting on a dry stool, the other side joked: "Find your old Tan compensation." By this time, Grandpa Tan had been working as a lacquerer for most of the month.
"All bloody men more like their own value in life, should glow and fever, no matter where the table is the same." Grandpa Tan said, This is his life motto. The old man, who had spent time in the army, worked at the school and later transferred to the confectionery factory as secretary, continued to do so after his retirement.
's plan: When the seats around the Qingqiao Garden are finished, put on some varnish, which will look more beautiful.
's story was reported by Nanchuan media, everyone knew him. When the staff of the local municipal garden institute learned, they gave Grandpa Tan two buckets of paint.
municipal garden staff to the Chongqing Evening News reporter, according to the maintenance of the seat years, one to two years need to be repainted, originally expected to be repainted recently. Grandpa Tan's behavior let them praise, they can not brush the old man's kindness, on the paint, masks and other items. If Grandpa Tan needs it in the future, they will provide it. She also said that in the future will increase the inspection of seat benches in the jurisdiction.